Sheriff: 16-year-old used counterfeit money at gas stations

MALTA -- A 16-year-old from Malta is accused of producing and using counterfeit money in Malta and Ballston, authorities say.

Jon D. Mueller of Arrowwood Place in Malta was charged Feb. 26 with two counts of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, felonies.

Mueller allegedly tried to purchase gas at the Stewart's Shop on Route 67 in Ballston with a fake $10 bill, but the manager noticed it was a counterfeit and notified the Saratoga County Sheriff's Department.

When the responding deputy canvassed the area, he found that the Sunoco Station on Route 9 in Malta had accepted one of Mueller's counterfeit bills as payment.

Mueller was arraigned and released to the pre-trial release section of the Saratoga County Probation Department.